Friday
after Epiphany Sunday
There
is something deeply affronting about skin diseases. I remember visiting a patient in the hospital
years ago who was covered in mushroom-like growths. I remember the self-talk and the plea from
the Holy Spirit…touch her, touch her, touch her.
And
so I did. And so we visited. And so I
was healed…a little bit.
“Jesus
stretched out his hand”
In the
Leper story and in my story it is so vivid.
But I suppose the challenge is to notice the not-so-vivid times, when I hold back my hand,
remaining stiff and tight.
Jesus
bridges the distance between persons. In
the story of the healing of the leper, that is the miraculous part that I can
imitate.
Bridge
the distance. And there will be healing.
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